The Americans pursued the space mission as the target was set by president John Kennedy to land a man on the moon and to bring him back safely in this decade it had to be done.
It proved that it was possible to make a soft landing on the moon.
If one thinks a Moon landing is the arrival of an intact (i.e not a crash into the Moon) unmanned spacecraft onto the Moon's surface, then the Russians were the first to do this in 1966 However, if one thinks of a Moon landing as the arrival and return of a manned spacecraft onto the Moon's surface then the people of US were the first to do this in 1969. No other nation has yet made a manned moon landing.
There was no moon landing in 1994, the final moon landing occurred in December, 1972.
Because of the expense weighed against the other projects that the government and NASA wanted to pursue, such as the space shuttle and developing the space station.
half a billion watch the moon landing
The moon landing was real. That it was otherwise has been an urban legend for years.
It proved that it was possible to make a soft landing on the moon.
If one thinks a Moon landing is the arrival of an intact (i.e not a crash into the Moon) unmanned spacecraft onto the Moon's surface, then the Russians were the first to do this in 1966 However, if one thinks of a Moon landing as the arrival and return of a manned spacecraft onto the Moon's surface then the people of US were the first to do this in 1969. No other nation has yet made a manned moon landing.
Most of us watched it on TV.
There was no moon landing in 1994, the final moon landing occurred in December, 1972.
That famous year was 1969.
The first US manned landing on the Moon was on July 20, 1969.
Because of the expense weighed against the other projects that the government and NASA wanted to pursue, such as the space shuttle and developing the space station.
The moon landing was never faked at all.
Yes, there were 6 US landings on the moon starting with the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.
No, the final moon landing occurred in December of 1972
Cause the us was comprying with Russia at the time